Daily Report Archives
Established in December 1993, the Nautilus Institute’s *N*ortheast *A*sia *P*eace and *S*ecurity *N*etwork (NAPSNet) Daily Report served thousands of readers in more than forty countries, including policy makers, diplomats, aid organizations, scholars, donors, activists, students, and journalists.
The NAPSNet Daily Report aimed to serve a community of practitioners engaged in solving the complex security and sustainability issues in the region, especially those posed by the DPRK’s nuclear weapons program and the threat of nuclear war in the region. It was distributed by email rom 1993-1997, and went on-line in December 1997, which is when the archive on this site begins. The format at that time can be seen here.
However, for multiple reasons—the rise of instantaneous news services, the evolution of the North Korea and nuclear issues, the increasing demand for specialized and synthetic analysis of these and related issues, and the decline in donor support for NAPSNet—the Institute stopped producing the Daily Report news summary service as of December 17, 2010.
The Central Bureau of Statistics, Institute of Child Nutrition of the DPRK in collaboration with UNICEF and WFP, released this report on nutrition in the DPRK. The report states:” The most common source of staple foods was the PDC rations or Farmers rations, but a quarter of the households reported WFP foods as a source of their staple food. The most common sources of beans were farmer’s rations, self production, markets, kin support and WFP foods. The sources of fruits and vegetables were state shops, markets, self production and farmer’s rations. WFP foods were not a source of these foods.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, October 26, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, October 26, 2005 I. NAPSnet 1. USFK on DPRK Nuclear Program 2. Korean Reunification 3. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 4. Inter-Korean Tourism 5. Red Cross Reunion Centre in DPRK 6. DPRK-US Relations 7. DPRK-Japanese Bilateral Talks 8. DPRK Human Rights 9. DPRK Defectors 10. DPRK […]
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The Institute of Far Eastern Studies at Kyungnam University released this report on the status of markets in the DPRK. The report states: “However, as North Koreans gradually become more quality- conscious, Chinese-made goods will loose market strength, especially as better quality imports — such as those from South Korea, which are imported on a limited basis — begin to raise the awareness of North Koreans.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, October 25, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, October 25, 2005 I. NAPSnet 1. Six Party Talks 2. ROK on DPRK Nuclear Program 3. US on DPRK Nuclear Program 4. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 5. Inter-Korean Relations 6. DPRK-US Relations 7. DPRK-PRC Bilateral Talks 8. DPRK-Japanese Bilateral Talks 9. DPRK Leadership 10. DPRK […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, October 24, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, October 24, 2005 I. NAPSnet 1. DPRK Nuclear Program 2. Inter-Korean Relations 3. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 4. DPRK-PRC Economic Cooperation 5. DPRK-Japanese Relations 6. DPRK Economy 7. DPRK Food Aid 8. US on DPRK Military 9. Freedom of Press in DPRK 10. DPRK Leadership […]
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The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) released this report on the DPRK’s plutonium stock and its means to produce and separate plutonium. The report states: “Assuming that the recently unloaded fuel has not yet been separated, the DPRK has about 15-38 kilograms of separated plutonium. At 4-5 kilograms of plutonium per weapon, this plutonium is enough for 3-9 nuclear weapons.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, October 20, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, October 20, 2005 I. NAPSnet 1. DPRK Nuclear Program 2. US on DPRK Nuclear Program 3. Russia on DPRK Nuclear Program 4. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 5. Inter-Korean Maritime Cooperation 6. Korean Cultural Relations 7. US Activists on DPRK Refugees 8. EU on DPRK Human […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, October 19, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, October 19, 2005 I.NAPSnet 1. Six Party Talks 2. Inter-Korean Unification 3. ROK Ideological Dispute Over DPRK 4. DPRK-US Relations 5. DPRK-PRC Relations 6. DPRK-Japanese Relations 7. DPRK Human Rights 8. Repatriated RO Korean 9. DPRK Pledge for Peace 10. DPRK Tourism 11. ROK […]
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Chung-in Moon, Professor of political science at Yonsei University in Seoul, writes, “Perhaps the most important thing to keep in mind is that food aid does not exist within a vacuum. It is but one part of a complex and trying effort by the South Korean government to improve inter-Korean relations, reduce military tension and help its North Korean brethren.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, October 18, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, October 18, 2005 I. NAPSnet 1. US on DPRK Nuclear Program 2. ROK Ideological Dispute Over DPRK 3. ROK on Inter-Korean Unification 4. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 5. Inter-Korean Relations 6. Inter-Korean Humanitarian Cooperation 7. DPRK-US Relations 8. DPRK-PRC Bilateral Talks 9. DPRK Food Aid […]
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